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(No Model) D. CLARK.. TOY PISTOL. No. 273.956. Patehted Mar.*13. 1883.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID A. GLARK, OF ST. LOUIS,MISS6URI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FRANK T.FLETCHER, OF SAME PLACE.

TOY,,P|STOL.

-SPCIFICA,TION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 273,956, dateol March13, 1883.

Application filed October 14, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it muy concern:

Be it known that 'I, DAVID A. CLARK, of the city of St. Louis, in theState of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement iuToy Pistols, ot which the followa ing is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formin gpart of this 'specification, in which t v Figure 1 is a side elevation.Fig. 2is a lon gitudinal section, showing the instrument in firingposition,- Fig. 3 is a similar view, showingthe parts atrest. Fig. 4 isa detail top view,part in section. Fig. 5 is a trainsverse section takenon line 5 5, Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a similar view taken on line 6 6,-Fig. 3.

Myinvention relates to a toy pistol for shooting marbles and firing acap at the same time; and my invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Referrin g to the drawings, A represents the body of the pist0l, whichis preferably made in two halves or parts secured together at the muzzleby an upward projectioh, B, on one half or part engagingbeneathalipformed projection, C, on the other half, which forms the sight ofthe pistol, and at the handle by aprojection, D, on one-half engagingwith a projection, E, on the other half. Thus the two ends of the pistolare held together, and the center"fs made fast"by a screw, F, and bythese three fastenings the two parts are held securely together. A

Gr represents the ham mer of the pistol, pivoted to the body by a pintleor small pin, H, and provided with.notches Gr for the engagemcnt of thesear I, which has a spiral spring, J, lo-

cated behind its follower in a socket,j, to

keep its forward end in contact with the hammer except when pushedforward by the trigger K, whose upper end engages with the sear by meansof-a notch, L, in thesear.

M represents a plunger having an eye or opening, m, in its rear end,which engages over a. book or horn, N, secnred to or formed upon thehammer Gr. Thus the plunger is pulled back and pushed forward each timethe hammer is operated.

0 is a disk secured tothe plunger near its forward end, and between thisdisk andthe breech end a of the barrel surrounding the pinnger is aspiral spring, P, which it will be seen is compressed by cooking thepistol, and when the hammer is releasedwill throw the plunger forward,cjecti ng the ball or marble Q.

lt is a bridge, against which the disk 0 strikes or rests when theplunger is in its for-- ward position. The plunger is preferabl yprovided with a round head,

While the pistol is loaded the marble is held therein by a flat spring,T, secuned to the interior of the barre]. (See Fig. 4.)

t The breech of the pistol is formed with a cap-piece, U, having grooveu for reoeivin g a com mon toy-pistol cap, V, which is strnck by thehammer, as shown in Fig. 3.

I claim as my invention- 1. A toy-pistol body consisting of two partshaving spring-sockets j, cap-pice U, formed with groove u, projection B,and lip O, forming the sight and looking the forward end of the body,projections D and E, for looking the hreech-barrel, breech end a, bridgeR, near the forward end of barre], and suitable means, F, for securingthe two parts of the body together, as set forth.

2. The combination of body A, having barrel formed with breech end a andbridge R, hammer Gr, having born N, plunger M, having slotted rear enden'gaged with the horn, disk O, mounted on plunger intermediate ofbridge and breech 'end, spring between disk and hreech end, and suitablespring-sear and trigger, as set forth. u

DAVID A. CLARK.

